Getting back into writing after a long lay off can be challenging; the mind is slower, the heart bests slower,… Read more Picking up the pen again
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Five quotes to fire up your writing at any stage
Writing is more than the simple application of pen to paper, finger to keyboard, or voice to phone. It is the fruition of concepts and ideas that have grown and changed over time. It is the flowering of creativity through application. It is the realisation of the conceptual side of a storyteller’s mind.
Finding your space
Writing is a challenge that it will test your patience, your knowledge and your self belief. So when you want to start writing it’s best to approach the challenge from a place of strength, by removing distractions that can get in the way.
Seven alternatives to: ‘I don’t get it’
Writers can be a funny lot. They like feedback and they love the fact people are reading their work but they can be sensitive about the way it is perceived. It makes sense, a writer puts a great deal of their life into their work so a little bit of sensitivity should be expected.
Getting it right: Helpful techniques to improve your final story draft
It’s pretty rare to get something right the first time, which is great! If we got things right all the time, then there would be no point in practicing, no reason to grow, everything would be easy. Probably too easy to make life a challenge worth accepting.
Tighearnan John Kelly 